Personal Therapy's Impact on Trainees

This assignment analyzes research articles examining the impact of mandatory personal therapy on trainees in clinical psychology and counselling. It delves into how personal therapy influences both personal and professional growth, drawing upon qualitative studies, action research, and theoretical perspectives on professional development.

Personal and Professional
Development

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Different approaches to self manage learning and evaluation of them.................................1
1.2 Different ways for life long learning in personal and professional development.................2
1.3 Evaluation of the benefits of self managed learning to the individual and organisation......2
4.1 Remedies for work based problems......................................................................................3
4.2 Variety of style and appropriate manner at different levels..................................................4
4.3 Use of time management strategies.......................................................................................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
2.1 Evaluation of current skills and competencies against to the organisational objectives.......5
2.2 Own development needs and activities needs to meet them.................................................7
2.3 Development opportunities to meet current and future defined needs.................................8
2.4 Personal and professional development plan........................................................................8
3.1 Process and activities required to implement development plan..........................................9
3.2 Document of planned activities...........................................................................................10
3.3 Own learning against original aims and objectives set in development plan.....................10
3.4 Development plan based on feedback evaluation...............................................................11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
In the modern scenario, employees working performance and personal skills of an
individual person plays important role in personal and professional life. For achieving
organisational goals and personal objectives in effective manner then it is very essential to have
some abilities, capabilities and skills in a person. This research project will be discussing about
several approaches to self manage which can be used in learning and evaluation as well as
different ways for life long learning in the context of personal and professional development.
Furthermore, effectively evaluation of current skills and competencies against to the
organisational objectives will be elaborating (McNiff, 2010). In this light, will be identify several
needs and activities which will be required to meet them. Also personal and professional plan
will be produced on the basis of identified needs. This research project is based on self
development as working as an employee in the local State Agency.
TASK 1
1.1 Contrary formulations to self manage learning and evaluation of them
Mainly approaches can be divided into two parts, with the help of them a person can
enhance their working performance such as follows:
Learning through research: Research is an best method for learn something new and
innovative thing. With the help of this, a person can learn and enhance their working
performance. In the addition of this, research is an continuous process, it conducting in external
market place for determining and finding new and authentic data. As well as with the help of this
approaches easy to identify current market trends and customer's requirements. As per that
company will produce appropriate products and goods for customers (Moon, 2013).
Illustration 1: Personal and Professional
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Learning through others: It includes several methods and techniques, with the help of
them effectively enhance their knowledge and working quality such as follows:
 Internet: In this current time period, most of the persons using internet technique for
learning. Because on the internet available any kind of information, so persons can easy
to use and collect information with consuming less time. In the other hand, every
organisation prepared their own professional id, page, site on internet, there has available
all kind of informations about company and their products with fully clarification. So,
customers can easy to visit them and choose services and products as per their needs and
requirements (Kumari, 2011).
 Seminar and Conferences: In this type of learning approach persons deliver their
knowledge and provide appropriate information to all other persons. In which people can
easy to ask any kind of questions and enhance their knowledge level in effective and
efficient way.
Along with this, there are major three type of learning styles such as visual, auditory and
kinaesthetic (Movement) which all are stated under follows:
 Auditory: In the context of this type of learning style, in which learners are may be move
their lips and read out loudly. In this addition, they might be have some problems with
reading and writing tasks.
 Visual: In which included major two type of sub channels such as linguistic and spatial.
Thus, learners who are belongs to linguistic which all are like to learn from written
language such as reading and writing works. Whereas, learners who belong to spatial
they have some difficulties with the written language but they can do better with charts,
videos and others.
 Kinaesthetic: These type of learners are the best while touching and moving. Therefore,
in which carried out two type of things such as movements and tactile.
1.2 Various sources for life long learning in personal and professional development
As I am working in the State Agency as a assistant, due to it is essential to enhance
learning skills and working capabilities. So here are available several ways, with the help of
them I can easy to improve my skills in effective manner (Avalos, 2011).
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 Ready to learn: A person must always ready to be learn new and innovative things for
getting success in entire business life as well as for achieving goals and objectives.
 Setting learning goals: In this way goals and objectives should be set in effective
manner as well as in the proper sequence, so that can be achieved in decided time period.
 Engaging in the learning process: In which all persons should engage themselves as
well as understand every important aspects.
 Evaluating learning: In this way, all above done works in decided time period, now
systematically evaluating learning and collected information.
 Continuing professional development: It is an effective continues process, it
representing the performance development of employees (Von Haenisch, 2011).
1.3 Assessment of the importance of self managed learning to the individual and organisation
Self managed learning is an effective procedure, it has some major benefits such as
follows under:
In the context of individual:
 Bring out the leader: It helps to enhance working performance of employees, motivate
them, increase confidence level as well as improve leadership qualities in them. (Elliott,
2011).
 Support human capital: In this context, mentoring and coaching assist to recognise and
identify actual potential of employees. In the addition of this, it helps to increase working
performance of employees as well as organisational strengths.
In the context of organisation:
 Helps to resolve problems: With the help self managed aspect staff members can easy
to face any kind situations and effectively resolve problems with appropriate solutions
 Organisation can attain goals: Company can easy to achieve their long and short term
goals and objectives. A coach and mentor aids to give appropriate guidelines and
directions to their followers, they focuses on the develop mutual understanding among all
employees so they can complete their task in unity.
Apart from this, self managed learning assist to improve working performance of
employees and knowledge level as well. Then employees of the organisation effectively
complete their decided task with proper result or outcomes (Olsen, 2015).
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4.1 Rectifications for work based problems
While a person working in an organisation, then have to be face several issues and
problems whether that can be personal and professional in nature. Furthermore, in the external
market place has regularly increase competition, which all wants to set an brand image in market
as well as in customer's mind. Sometimes, competitions creates some problems and issues fro
business, which explaining under following:
 Interaction and connection issues
 Conflicts
 Miscommunication
 Work pressure
 Safety and security issues and problems
 Bias nature within employees
In the addition of this, for resolving all these problems and issues, then have to be take
corrective action and develop healthy environment in organisation. With the help of this
effectively improve positive surrounding among all employees as well as it helps to enhance
their working performance as well (Postholm, 2012). Moreover, several remedies defining under
follows:
 Rectification: It refers to, update and modify existing strategies and methods of business
firm with the help of smart ideas and planning.
 Choose applicable and deserving candidates: It is very important to choose appropriate
and capable persons for organisation in the effective and efficient manner.
 Surrounding: It is important to focuses on toe develop healthy working environment for
employees, then will be developing mutual understanding among employers and
employees of the business firm (Ebert-May and et. al., 2011).
4.2 Variety of style and appropriate way at contrastive levels
Learning style plays vital role, because as per the style an individual and an organisation
enhance their knowledge and skills. Learning style assist to resolve problems and issues in the
appropriate manner. Furthermore, for eliminating obstacles and problems inn effective manner
then several learners explaining under follows:
 Sensory learners: This type of learner style refers to, an individual person concentrate
on facts then a person can learn something new and innovative things.
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 Intuitive learners: According to this style, an individual person can effectively resolve
problems with the help of inner qualities and thoughts.
 Visual learners: An individual person can easily collect reliable and appropriate
information with the help of various symbols, pictures and so more, then effectively solve
problems and issues. In the addition of this, all these learning style plays important role in
every organisation because it helps to resolve obstacles and problems.
 Pragmatic: It aids to define, learners seeks to be identify how they can put their learning
into the practice in the real world. In this addition, they does not like abstract concepts
and play games.
 Activist: These type of learners are learn from doing. They focus on to get into the action
and experience what they are trying to learn and increase their knowledge to learn.
 Reflector: While person is reflector in the nature so that they can easy to learn by
watching people and thinking about what is happening within a particular situation.
 Theorist: At the last, learners who are intrinsic theorists wants to understand the theory
behind an specific action.
Apart from this, there are explaining different type of communication level such as:
 Strategic: This is the best way for understanding the relationship between several type of
plans which is start by top level. Thus, top level management design strategic plan for
attaining their long and short term goals.
 Tactical: This type of plan helps to provide support to the strategic plan by translating
them into the specific plan in the relevant area.
 Operational: These type of plans are made by the front-line, lower level and managers.
Every organisational plans are focus on an particular process that basically occur at the
lowest level of the company.
4.3 Exercise of time management strategies
Most of the business firms are concentrate on to adopting smart and different type of
strategies and methods in their working environment because they helps to manage all over
business activities in an systematic style with the help of them company can easy to get success.
Apart from this, time management strategies aids to complete all operations within decided and
required time period. Along with this, there are representing some methods which all are stated
under such as follows:
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 Attentive: It is very important to clarify organisational goals and objectives to all
employees. Because when properly determined targets and mission of the company to
employees so they can effectively concentrate on to achieve them without consuming
more time period. Proper concentration and attentive nature of employees plays
significant role in every organisation (Blandford, 2012).
 Writing form: It is important, to all major objectives and goals of the company must be
written down. Because employees of the firm can easy to analyse and determined them
then as per that they will decide their long and short term targets for future.
 Interaction: Communication and interaction process plays significant role in every
organisation. It helps to develop mutual understanding among employers and employees
of the firm.
TASK 2
2.1 Valuation of current skills and competencies against to the organisational objectives
For analysing and identifying current skills and competencies of an individual person
then SWOT analysis method can be used. It included some important elements such as follows:
Strength: Ratings for strength (1-5)
Interpersonal skills: With the help of this
strengths, I can easy to interact with any
persons as well as easy to join any kind of
professional meeting. As I am working in State
Agency, it is very important to communicate
with others and unknown persons.
4.5
Negotiation: Negotiation refers to, provide
appropriate solution to both parties regarding
critical situation due to both parties can easy to
accept. As I am working in State Agency, I
have to use this strength for resolving problems
and negotiate between employees and seniors.
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IT Skills: As I am working in State Agency, I 3.5
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have to perform all m y all tasks related to the
business, which should be representing and
performing on computer application.
Weakness which is my future needs Ratings to improve these points (1-5)
Time Management: One of the my major
weakness is time management. It is very
essential to manage all activities and situation
as per the required time period. But I cannot
effective manage my works as per the decided
time due to, it increase work load.
4.5
Analytical Skills: In the State Agency require
have calculation skills for effectively
representing the result and clarify the actual
profit and loss of the company. But sometimes
I cannot properly calculate business
transactions, due to, it is important to improve
my analytical skills.
1.5
Opportunities:
Learning: As I am working in State Agency, I have an opportunity to enhance my working
performance and increase my learning skills.
Threats:
Skilled employees: One of the major threat for me is skilled employees. Because as
compression with them I do not have any capabilities and skills to effectively represent my
skills due I cannot get success to create an effective image the front of my seniors.
Description of CV
General information
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Name – XXX
Phone no. - XXX
E-mail id – XXX
Objectives:- To be a part of a dynamic and progressive organisation, that offers challenging
working surrounding where an individual person can utilise energy and competences in the
positive direction and contribute towards overall objectives of the company.
Qualification
MBA XXX XXX
BBA XXX XXX
Higher education XXX XXX
Secondary education XXX XXX
Skills:
 Better communication
 Positive attitude
 Punctual in nature
 Interpersonal skills
Professional experience
Human resource manager
Assistant Human Resource manager
Specialised in Human resource
Personal details
Father name – XXX
Mothers name- XXX
Date of birth – XXX
Address- XXX
Phone Number- XXX
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2.2 Own development needs and activities needs to meet them
It is important to determine and identify needs and requirements of personal and
professional development and improvement. Because with the help of this, I can easy to enhance
my performance and skills in appropriate manner (Patrick and et. al., 2010).
Long term goals and objectives:
 Performance: I have to improve my working performance in effective manner, then I
will effectively complete more organisation tasks with better result as well as can build
positive image on the front of seniors.
 Skills: In the real state industry, I have to improve my working skills and improve my
knowledge about my works. In the addition of this, time management and interpersonal
skills plays important role in every organisation, due to I have to improve my working
skills (Gallagher and et. al., 2011).
Short term objectives
 Effectiveness: I have to enhance my potential level to become more effective in my
working performance.
 Focus on work: Sometimes, I cannot properly concentrate on my work, due to I need to
improve my concentration level.
2.3 Development possibilities to meet current and future defined needs
As I am working in State Agency, due to it is important to enhance my working
performance and skills so I can significantly complete my task with better result. Moreover,
working performance of employees plays important role because directly impacts on
organisation and its profitability level. Due to, it is essential to improve my working skills and
capabilities as well (Megginson and Whitaker, 2017).
 Time management: It is one of the important capability in every individual person. With
the help of this, I can easy to manage all business activities and operations as well as
significantly complete allotted task with better result.
 Analytical skills: These kind of skills and capabilities helps to reduce complexity and
problems from organisation's works and tasks. Moreover, it is important to take
corrective and appropriate decision as per the situation. Analytical skills assist to increase
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my effectiveness for the cited company as well as it helps to build an effective image on
the front of my serious.
2.4 Personal and professional development plan
Personal and Professional Development Plan
Identified needs Supportive materials Days/ Months Success criteria
Performance My seniors of this
organisation, can give
some effective
directions and
guidelines to me for
enhancing my working
performance.
5 Months When I will complete
5 number of task
within the one day as
well as with better
result.
Time management Observation of my
seniors working style
as well as their time
management.
5 Months When I will complete
my all task within
decided time period.
Concentrate on work For increasing my
concentration level, so
I have to play several
indoor games.
2 Months When I will find out
less errors and
mistakes in my
completed task.
Effectiveness With the help of my
leader and employers
of the company.
2 Month When my employers
and seniors give
support and rewards to
me as per my
performance and
working quality.
Determination I have to not more
than use social media
to increase my
1.5 Month When I will complete
my decided task with
better and appropriate
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determination. performance.
Sales and marketing With the help of
guidelines and
directions.
5 Months When I will effectively
deal with my
competitors as well as
achieve goals and
objectives in effective
manner.
3.1 Process and activities necessary to implement development plan
Here, an activity based development plan explaining under on the basis of above
mentioned objectives and goals.
 Performance: I have to take proper guidelines from my seniors, due to I can improve my
working performance (Jimoyiannis, 2010).
 Time management: I have to enhance my concentration level as well as properly
observe seniors working style and their time management.
 Observation level: For increasing my concentration, I should play play several indoor
games.
 Effectiveness: With the help of my team leader and employers of the organisation, I can
enhance my effectiveness.
 Determination: For increasing determination, then I should not be more use social sites
in my working life.
 Sales and marketing: With the help of sales and making manger I can accomplish my
skills and capabilities (Macdonald and Poniatowska, 2011).
3.2 Document of planned actions
After preparing an effective plan in a formal formate, which is carried out main
objectives and goals in effective manner. It increased several stages, which explaining under
following:
 In the first stage of this plan, should identify and understand the actual situation and
problems then as per that should take corrective action for resolving them.
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 After analysing and identify critical situations and organisational problems then I have to
improve my communication and interpersonal skills, because it plays significant role in
every organisation (Wallace and Priestley, 2011).
 In the last stage of this plan, I have to learn time management because it is required to be
complete organisational task and works within the decided time period.
3.3 Own learning against original aims and objectives set in development plan
As per my self assessment, I have various skills and capabilities, so with the help of them
I can effectively perform my task within proper result and outcomes. In the addition of this, my
inner qualities and skills defining under following:
 Ability to corrective action in any kind of critical situation and problems of the
organisation, which I can effectively resolve with the help of effective solution
(Severinsson and SAND, 2010).
 I have better communication skills, due to I can easy to interact with any one as well as
efficiently make mutual understanding.
 I can easy to face any kind of issues and problems and resolve them without consuming
more time.
3.4 Development plan supported on feedback evaluation
With the help of activity development plan, I got properly aware about my strengths and
weaknesses (Thomas and Beauchamp, 2011). In the other words, after collecting and gathering
proper information and feedback of working performance, must be modify and update exiting
schemes, then with the help of them I can enhance my skills and abilities in appropriate manner.
 In the first stage of this, I should consulting and communicating with expert and
specialised person to adopt some changes.
 In the next stage, must be prepare an effective budget plan for handling and controlling
activities.
 In last, should properly analyse and evaluate the internal and external factors in effective
manner (Knight, Sperlinger and Maltby, 2010).
CONCLUSION
From the above mentioned this research project it has been concluded that, personal and
professional development, which played several role in personal and professional life for
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achieving goals an objectives. It has been defined inner skills and capabilities of an individual
person as well as an activity based development plan has been produced in appropriate manners.
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